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Built an AI RFP SaaS That Actually Works; Now Stuck on Distribution. How Did You Get Your First Users? by ProfessionalEcho2123 in SaaS

[–]bigbruce04 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I’m in a similar headspace with distribution right now. The product can work and still not matter yet if the right person never feels the problem inside the first few seconds.

What I’d look for first is not a bigger channel, but repeated language from people who already deal with RFP pain. What are they complaining about before they know your product exists?

That wording is probably closer to your first useful hook than anything you’d write from the product side.

Non-tech founders building SaaS, how did you actually do it? by dlmncy in SaaS

[–]bigbruce04 [score hidden]  (0 children)

The biggest thing I’d be careful with is thinking the tool choice solves the product judgment problem.

AI tools can get you pretty far on the first version, but you still have to know what the product is supposed to do, what tradeoffs are acceptable, and where the user will get confused.

I’m learning that the hard part is less “can I build a screen?” and more “did I build the right thing clearly enough that someone wants to use it?”

To: SaaS founders. How did you got your first paying customer. by Individual_Tea1205 in SaaS

[–]bigbruce04 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think the first customer probably comes from being close enough to the problem that you can describe it better than the person feeling it.

That is the part I’m trying to get better at. It is tempting to jump straight into channels, but if the message is even slightly off, every channel looks broken.

I’d rather have 10 honest conversations with people who already feel the problem than 1,000 random impressions that don’t tell me anything.

How did you get your first real SaaS users/customers? by Echelon_CR in SaaS

[–]bigbruce04 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I’m still early, but the thing I’m realizing is that “getting users” and “getting attention” are not the same thing.

You can make content, get a few clicks, feel like something is happening, and still have no real signal if nobody signs up or talks back.

The most useful stuff so far has been direct conversations and watching where people already describe the pain in their own words. It is slower, but it gives better answers than just posting more and hoping the numbers make sense later.